Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-03-14
LOCAL BREyITIES.

The Sacramento river had risen to the 49,
foot mark yesterday afternoon.
Mayor elect Gregory will enter upon the
duties of his Office this morning.
E. NJ. Roberts has been appointed by the
Governor a member of the Board of Super
visors of Kern county.
The train from the south was about two
hours and a quarter behind time in its ar
rival yesterday afternoon.
Some thief entered DR.. Simmons resi-
dence on Saturday, and stole en- overcoat
and quantity of groceries.
Wild flowers are making their appear
ance in great numbers on the plains and
foothills, which will soon be in splendid
picnic condition.
Ralph Donahue's blind bull-terrier Dan,
with whom Sacramentans were quite gem
orally acquainted by sight, shuffied off his
mortal coil Saturday morning.
Deputy Sheriff Cooney, of Los Angeles
county, brought up from there Saturday
night colored man named Jim Smith,
who is to serve two years for burglary.
G. W. Hancock, of this city, has sold
his trotting stallion Bisque, by Alaska, by
Electioneer, dam by John Nelson, to S. L..
Akins of Hills Ferry, San Joaquin county.
A company of Germans have united
with B. F. Harnish, of Woodland, and
raised capital stock of $50, 900 to carry out
his scheme for water works and ice-manu-
featuring in that place.
A match game of baseball was played
Yesterday at Recreation Park between mines
composed OF male carriers and Hale Bro s
employees. 1t was won by the former, the
score standing 10 to 16.
The alarm of fire from box a. Saturday
evening, was occasioned by the burning
out of the chimney of residence on Sew
enteenth street, near K. The roof of the
building was slightly damaged.
The case of George Henderson, the stage
robber, comes up for trial at Oroville this
Sacramentaps went up yesterday, to be
present as witnesses or attorneys.
Governor Bartlett has appointed ex-Sen-
ator Reuter-, of Sacramento county. and ]
D. Harvey, of Los Angeles, members Of
the Fish Commission, vice Messrs. Dibble
| and Buckingham terms expired.
What few members and attaches of the
legislature did not get away on Saturday
left the city for their homes yesterday, and
the places that have been intimately &C
months will know them no more for many
day, as a general thing.
John T. Parker we'll known railroad
engineer, running for several years on The
| California and Oregon Railroad, changed
his run recently to the hill" Being un
| accustomed to the rough weather there en-
countered, he contracted pneumonia, which
proved fatal last Saturday.
mi ~ L
pages of closely written matter, or in bool
form, printed, 900 pages. Over 900 page:
of the written Journal is since February LIST
The printed Journal of the Twenty sixth
session contained 657 pages. showing an in
crease for this session of over 335 per cent
The Auburn argus says that JOIN
hatcher. gentleman in the employ o
Huntington, Hopkins & Co., Sacramento
has bought the property heretofore owned
and occupied by Syriaco Estrada, commonly
known as Syriaco. 1t is situated below
Ophir mile or two, and comprises abou
400 acres.
The following arrests were made Satur
day and yesterday: !. Hall, by officer Nc
Cormack for being drunk Ed. Rand, by
officer Agner, for beiLg common drunk
Jim Spade, by officers Leavy and Farren
and jim Turner by officer Rider, both fo
being drunk; Louis Rosshart, by Chic
Dillman and officer Coffey, for petit lar
ceny.
At Woodland, last Saturday, the case o
! the People VS.. Jerry Desmond. charged
with extortlon, in compelling Jacob Freese
of this city, to sign a certain document by
threatening him with q pistol, was sub
mitted to the jury which, after being on
eight hours, reported inability to agree, ant
were discharged. They stood eight for ac
quittal and four for conviction.
The highest and lowest Signal Seryic
temperature Saturday and yesterday wa
| 720 and Az and 64' and 44o, with light t,
gentle and fresh .southerly winds and clea
10 cloudy weather on Saturday, with
steady barometer. Yesterday there wa
fresh southerIy winds and cloudy TO clea
weather, with rapidly-rising baromete
up to noon, and steady or stationary dur
ing the afternoon and evening.